How to create Alexa skills using agile

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Kane Simms
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What’s the best way to approach the development of a hashtag voicefirst experience for Alexa, Google Assistant and voice assistants?

The cool kids would have you use agile and the ‘proper’ project managers would be more comfortable using something called waterfall. But what if there’s another way?

Here I break down how agile development with a waterfall implementation might be the best way for you to a) learn and iterate during development and b) go live with a well rounded, higher quality experience.

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Kane Simms

A strategic AI advisor who, for the past decade, has helped business leaders and product owners transform customer experience using conversational and generative AI.

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